The highest-paying states for wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $62,980, New Jersey is the highest paying state for wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $62,540). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $62,980 |
$38,560 | 2,120 |
| 2 | New York | $62,540 |
$33,340 | 8,130 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $59,950 |
$35,040 | 3,550 |
| 4 | Minnesota | $59,080 |
$32,970 | 3,650 |
| 5 | Illinois | $58,870 |
$31,590 | 4,010 |
| 6 | Arkansas | $58,310 |
$34,870 | 3,080 |
| 7 | Connecticut | $57,870 |
$33,640 | 1,150 |
| 8 | Nevada | $57,460 |
$37,930 | 700 |
| 9 | South Carolina | $57,180 |
$31,520 | 600 |
| 10 | Georgia | $56,600 |
$30,660 | 2,630 |
| 11 | Delaware | $56,380 |
$34,630 | 240 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | $56,160 |
$32,890 | 1,300 |
| 13 | Maine | $55,930 |
$27,430 | 840 |
| 14 | Iowa | $55,910 |
$33,160 | 680 |
| 15 | Washington | $55,850 |
$34,320 | 3,460 |
| 16 | Rhode Island | $55,780 |
$19,980 | 310 |
| 17 | Ohio | $55,710 |
$36,540 | 4,340 |
| 18 | Missouri | $55,170 |
$31,310 | 3,130 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | $54,770 |
$33,510 | 3,040 |
| 20 | Florida | $54,080 |
$31,680 | 3,830 |
| 21 | Alaska | $53,710 |
$29,170 | 340 |
| 22 | North Carolina | $53,380 |
$31,650 | 2,780 |
| 23 | South Dakota | $52,780 |
$40,890 | 200 |
| 24 | Kansas | $52,140 |
$27,270 | 1,690 |
| 25 | Alabama | $51,680 |
$28,140 | 310 |
| 26 | Texas | $51,100 |
$27,750 | 9,290 |
| 27 | California | $50,740 |
$28,330 | 18,330 |
| 28 | Arizona | $50,450 |
$31,190 | 1,850 |
| 29 | Nebraska | $50,220 |
$31,470 | 860 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | $49,930 |
$33,230 | 2,460 |
| 31 | Virginia | $49,620 |
$26,000 | 1,760 |
| 32 | Colorado | $49,430 |
$30,560 | 1,500 |
| 33 | Maryland | $49,080 |
$32,430 | 1,390 |
| 34 | Wyoming | $49,070 |
$34,000 | 140 |
| 35 | Tennessee | $48,120 |
$29,200 | 3,260 |
| 36 | New Hampshire | $47,450 |
$26,950 | 480 |
| 37 | Kentucky | $47,430 |
$29,030 | 830 |
| 38 | Utah | $47,340 |
$24,410 | 1,310 |
| 39 | Indiana | $47,300 |
$27,850 | 1,610 |
| 40 | District of Columbia | $47,290 |
$35,390 | 160 |
| 41 | Oregon | $47,190 |
$30,830 | 2,410 |
| 42 | North Dakota | $46,730 |
$33,350 | 260 |
| 43 | Michigan | $46,650 |
$22,590 | 2,060 |
| 44 | West Virginia | $46,270 |
$31,870 | 250 |
| 45 | Mississippi | $44,510 |
$25,250 | 530 |
| 46 | New Mexico | $44,160 |
$24,150 | 210 |
| 47 | Vermont | $43,340 |
$28,160 | 400 |
| 48 | Louisiana | $41,140 |
$22,660 | 910 |
| 49 | Hawaii | $40,940 |
$22,460 | 630 |
| 50 | Montana | $37,710 |
$25,250 | 320 |
| 51 | Idaho | $33,770 |
$20,810 | 560 |
| 52 | Virgin Islands | $27,860 |
$16,840 | 30 |
| 53 | Guam | $27,080 |
$19,110 | 90 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $18,960 |
$16,150 | 1,220 |